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AH- CH 2
Adult Health I
Question | Answer |
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what are the 6 values of the nursing profession in helping a person? | helping- regain, maintain, improve health, prevent illness, and find comfort and dignity |
the biggest consumer of health care? | the government |
created by the federal government to review the quality, quantity, snf cost of hospital care | PSROs--Professional Standards Review Organizations |
eliminated cost-based reimbursement; hospitals serving clients who recieved medicare benifits were no longer able to charge whatever the client's care cost | prospective payment system |
each group had a fixed reimbutrsement amount with adjustments based on case severity, rural/urban/regional costs, and teaching costs | diagnosis-related groups |
the providers receieved a fixed amount per client of a health care plan | capitation |
long term care's version of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) | resource utilization groups (RUGs) |
health care systems in which there is administrative control over primary health care services for a defined client population | managed care |
what are the health care settings or levels of health care are... | preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, and countinuing |
program designed to cover health care costs of senior citizens | medicare |
activites that develop human attitudes and behaviors to maintain or enhance well-being | health promotion |
organization that provides or contracts for specific health care services | managed care organization |
activites that protect people from becoming ill becaues of actual or potential health issues | diease prevention |
provision of intergrated, accessible health care services by health care pro who address a majority of personal health care needs, develop partnerships with clients, and care for families and communites | primary care |
combination of primary and public health that is accessible to individuals and fmailies in a community and provided at an affordable cost | primart health care |
health-promoting behaviors ar activites that reduce the occurrance of an illness | primary prevention |
early diagnosis and tx of illness | secondary prevention |
care that prevents further progression of disease | tertiary prevention |
give examples of primary care | school health services, occupational health services, doc offices, clinics, nursing centers, exercising, nutrition counsiling, family planning |
give examples of secondary care | emergency care, acute medical-surgical care, radiological procedures |
give examples of tertiary care | intensive care adn subacute care |
give examples of preventive care | BP and cancer screening, immunizations, poison control info, mental health counseling and crisis prevention, community legislation |
give examples of restorative care | cardiovascular and pulmonary rehab, sports med, spinal cord injury, home care, extended care facility |
give examples of continuing care | assisted living and psy and older adult day care, hospice, respite care, nursing centers |
key to quality health care | health promotion |
focuses on health services provided on an individual basis | primary care |
foucses on improved health outcomes for an entire population | primary health care |
what does the primary care model include? | edu/communication, health services, politics, econmics, agriculture/nutrition, and environment |
most common and expensive service of health care delivery system | disease management |
acute care | tertiary care |
when does discharge planning begin? | the moment the patient is admitted |
discharging is a ____ process | multidisciplinary |
is to help individuals regain man functional status and to enhance quality of life through promotion of independence and self-care | restorative care |
is teh provision of medically related professional and paraprofessional services and equipment to clients and families in their homes for health maintenance, education, illness prevention, diagnosis and tx of disease, palliation, and rehab | home care |
restores a person to the fullest physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic potential possible | rehab |
provides intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care for clients recovering from acute illness or clients with chronic illnesses or disabilities | extended care facility |
offers skilled care from a licensed nursing staff | skilled nursing facility (SNF) |
these services are for people who are disabled, who never were functionally independent, or who suffer a terminal disease | continuing care |
what has been the dominant setting for long-term care | nursing homes |
what is the appropriate term for a nursing facility/nursing home | nursing center |
offers an attractive long-term care setting with a homier environment and greater resident autnomy | assisted living |
is a service that provides short-term relief or time off for person's providing home care to an ill, disabled, or frail older adult | respite care |
is a system of family-centered care that allows clients to live and remain at home with comfort, independence, and dignity while easing the pains of terminal illness | hospice |
hospice care is ____ care, not curatice tx | palliative |
is a problem-solving appraoch to clinical practice that involves the concientious use of current best evidence, along with clinical expertise andd client preferences and values in making decisions about client care | evidence-based practice |